Grant at Vicksburg : the general and the siege /

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On May 22, 1863, after two failed attempts to take the city of Vicksburg by assault, Major General Ulysses S. Grant declared in a letter to the commander of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River that "the nature of the ground about Vicksburg is such that it can only be taken by a siege."...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ballard, Michael B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Military leadership.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885
1863
HISTORY.
General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Command of troops
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States - General.
Vicksburg (Miss.) > History > Siege, 1863.
Vicksburg (Mississ.) > Histoire > 1863 (Siège)
Mississippi > Vicksburg
History
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Sumario:On May 22, 1863, after two failed attempts to take the city of Vicksburg by assault, Major General Ulysses S. Grant declared in a letter to the commander of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River that "the nature of the ground about Vicksburg is such that it can only be taken by a siege." The 47-day siege of Vicksburg orchestrated by Grant resulted in the eventual surrender of the city and fulfilled a major strategic goal for the Union: command of the Mississippi River for the remainder of the war. In this revealing volume, Michael B. Ballard offers the first in-depth exploration of G.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0809332418
9780809332410
1299440762
9781299440760

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